Gunless (2010)

Director:

William Phillips

Writer:

William Phillips (written by)

Release Date:

30 April 2010 (Canada)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Fastest draw in the North... kinda.

Plot:

A hardened American gunslinger is repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to mount a showdown in a friendly town in Canada where no one seems to understand or appreciate the brutal code of the American Wild West.

Plot Keywords:

Duel | Blacksmith | Wild West | Gunslinger | Bounty Hunter

Awards:

5 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Paul Gross	...	The Montana Kid
Sienna Guillory	...	Jane Taylor
Dustin Milligan	...	Corporal Jonathan Kent
Tyler Mane	...	Jack
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Ben Cutler
Graham Greene	...	N'Kwala
Jay Brazeau	...	Dr. Angus Schiffron
Michael Eklund	...	Larry
Alex Zahara	...	Jon
Jody Racicot	...	Paul
Shawn Campbell	...	Carl
Paul Coeur	...	Claude
Melody B. Choi	...	Adell (as Melody Choi)
Tseng Chang	...	Mr. Kwon
Laura Bertram	...	Miss Alice
Glynis Davies	...	Beth
Bronwen Smith	...	Beatrice
Teach Grant	...	Ringo
Dave Leader	...	Posse Dave
Quentin Schneider	...	Posse Q
Grace Fatkin	...	Mrs. Kwon
Edward Vincenzo Phillips	...	Edwin
Donavon Stinson	...	Constable Hughes
Sean Campbell	...	Constable #2
Gerald Paetz	...	Constable #3
Brent Connolly	...	Constable #4
Warren Choi	...	Railway Worker
Barbara Choi	...	Railway Worker's Wife
Michael Warren Choi	...	Railway Worker's Son (as Michael Choi)
Aieisha Li	...	Chinese Lady with Glasses
Raymond Yu	...	Chinese TNT Guy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elle Buckle	...	Jon's Wife (uncredited)
Dean Hinchey	...	1890's Old West Dancer (uncredited)
Joel Sturrock	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
William Phillips

Writing credits
William Phillips		(written by)

Produced by
Cynthia Chapman	....	line producer
Niv Fichman	....	producer
Stephen Hegyes	....	producer
Julie Lawrence	....	associate producer
Victor Loewy	....	executive producer
Sheila O'Gorman	....	associate producer
Jonathan Shore	....	associate producer
Mark Slone	....	executive producer
Barbara Willis Sweete	....	associate producer: Rhombus Media
Larry Weinstein	....	associate producer: Rhombus Media
Shawn Williamson	....	producer

Original Music by
Greg Keelor

Cinematography by
Gregory Middleton		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Susan Maggi

Casting by
Deirdre Bowen
Maureen Webb

Production Design by
Matthew Budgeon

Art Direction by
Doris Deutschmann

Set Decoration by
Victoria Söderholm		(as Victoria Soderholm)

Costume Design by
Beverley Wowchuk		(as Beverly Wowchuk)

Makeup Department
Caroline Dehner	....	hair stylist
Gail Kennedy	....	makeup artist
Rochelle Pomerleau	....	assistant makeup artist
Lesley St. Nicholas	....	assistant hair stylist (as Leslie St. Nicholas)

Production Management
Koah Kruse	....	post-production supervisor
Julie Lawrence	....	post-production supervisor
Paul Lukaitis	....	production manager
Jonathan Shore	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chad Belair	....	third assistant director
Kathy Houghton	....	second assistant director
Haylee Hubscher	....	third assistant director
Ryan Kosmynka	....	second assistant director
John McKeown	....	first assistant director
Tim Whyte	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Mike Ball	....	assistant carpenter
Jeff Bebe	....	assistant carpenter
Donald Black	....	set painter
Darcy Bridgman	....	scenic carpenter
Christopher Cameron	....	set painter
Randy Casano	....	scenic carpenter
Jason Claridge	....	lead painter
Stephen Coutu	....	paint coordinator
Tiffany Coutu	....	set painter
Grant Davey	....	on-set props
Ken Davies	....	property master
Matthew L. Eisenhauer	....	scenic carpenter
Ken Frost	....	scenic carpenter
Nathan Giesbrecht	....	labourer
Ava Gisler	....	labourer
Dean Glogowski	....	scenic carpenter
Terry Gonsalves	....	on-set dresser
Dean Goodine	....	property master
Francesca Gray	....	buyer
Graham Johnston	....	scenic artist
Rick Keldsen	....	scenic carpenter
Luke King	....	set dresser
Jason Ryan Lawlor	....	on-set greens
Jeff MacIntyre	....	construction coordinator
Chelsea McCormack	....	set dresser
J.J. Mestinsek	....	paint foreman (as J.J. Metinsek)
Miranda Middleditch	....	set dresser
Harvey Moeller	....	lead carpenter
Harvey Moeller	....	lead: Osoyoos (as Harvey Mueller)
Levi Moeller	....	assistant carpenter
Denise Nadredre	....	buyer
Trevor Oleksy	....	greens
Dean Penderglaft	....	labourer
Roberta Peterson	....	art assistant
Megan Poss	....	draftsperson
Megan Poss	....	set designer
Matthew Power	....	lead dresser
Michael Richardson	....	scenic painter (as Mike Richardson)
Kenny Richter	....	labourer
Jordan Roberts	....	on-set props
Daniel Scarcello	....	sculptor
Sydney Schmidt	....	set painter
Darrell Scott	....	lead painter
Kathie Sharpe	....	assistant property master (as Kathy Sharpe)
Christian Snelgrove	....	foreman
Kevin Tomecek	....	buyer
Lynn Werner	....	assistant set decorator
Levi Woods	....	set painter
David Yamelst	....	scenic carpenter

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Kevin Belen	....	adr mixer
Simon Bright	....	boom operator
Graham Colwell	....	additional adr recordist
Sue Conley	....	adr editor
Steve Copley	....	foley mixer
Roderick Deogrades	....	sound effects editor
John Elliot	....	foley artist
Steve Foster	....	sound re-recording mixer
Corey J. Grasso	....	adr mixer
Gina Gyles	....	foley assistant
Adam Labadie	....	audio coordinator
Mandy Ley	....	mix assistant
David McCallum	....	supervising dialogue editor
Joe Morrow	....	mix assistant
Mark Noda	....	sound mixer
Brent Pickett	....	first assistant sound editor
David Rose	....	sound effects editor (as Dave Rose)
Lou Solakofski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jane Tattersall	....	supervising sound effects editor
Kent Thomson	....	mix assistant
David Yonson	....	foley mixer (as Dave Yonson)

Special Effects by
Denys Guillemette	....	special effects first assistant
Rob Mackie	....	special effects assistant
Jak Osmond	....	special effects coordinator
Lance Smith	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Chris Arnott	....	3D artist (as Christopher Arnott)
Austin Basile	....	compositor
Ann-Marie Blommaert	....	visual effects project manager
Landon Bootsma	....	compositor
Dan Brittain	....	compositor
Pete Dionne	....	3D artist
Steve Elliott	....	I/O
John Fukushima	....	compositor
Terry Hutcheson	....	visual effects producer
Ralph Maiers	....	visual effects supervisor
Doug Oddy	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Price	....	compositor
Joel Tong	....	main title design
Benjamin J. Wylie	....	3D artist (as Ben Wylie)
Matt Yeoman	....	compositor

Stunts
Dustin Brooks	....	stunts
Philip Chang	....	stunts (as Phil Chang)
Brent Connolly	....	stunts
Yvette Jackson	....	stunts
Dave Leader	....	stunts
Clay Virtue	....	stunts
Danny Virtue	....	stunt coordinator
Danny Virtue	....	stunts
Gerald Paetz	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Skylar Almas	....	grip
Dave Askey	....	key grip
Kieran Humphries	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Brian Johnson	....	camera operator: "a" camera
David Kershaw	....	dolly grip (as Dave Kershaw)
Egon Koonings	....	grip
Steve Larsen	....	lead hand
Doug Lavender	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Gregory Middleton	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Aaron Moore	....	lamp operator
Robert Musnicki	....	additional still photographer
Farah Nosh	....	still photographer
Will Parrott	....	grip
Vince Phillips	....	best boy grip
Ryan Pilon	....	grip
Tony Richardson	....	best boy electric
Sean Rooney	....	gaffer
Emmanuelle Rousseau	....	loader
Jessica Uribe	....	lamp operator
Lee Washburn	....	generator operator
Carrie Wilson	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Adriene Wyse	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department
Carmen Amos	....	casting assistant
Annette McCaffrey	....	extras casting
Christopher Richards	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Jones	....	set supervisor
Brenda Knight	....	costume cutter
Stephanie Nolin	....	costumer
Heather Osborne	....	truck costumer (as Heather Osbourne)
Margaret Perry	....	costume coordinator

Editorial Department
David Armstrong	....	lab timer
James Cowan	....	digital intermediate manager
Chad Glastonbury	....	first assistant editor
Jay Harada	....	digital conform
Andrew Jha	....	digital intermediate account executive
Ken MacKenzie	....	imaging technician (as Ken Mackenzie)
Michael Nachoff	....	post-production assistant
Adam Rogers	....	digital intermediate producer
Michael Shapcotte	....	digital intermediate systems administrator
Gary Shaw	....	digital film colorist
Jaan Spirka	....	colorist: dailies

Music Department
Les Allt	....	musician: flute and piccolo
Adele Armin	....	musician: violin
Bryden Baird	....	musician: trumpet, piano, percussion
Bryden Baird	....	orchestrator
Bryden Baird	....	vocals
Kevin Banks	....	music editor
Blue Rodeo	....	songs by
Michael Boguski	....	musician: piano
Jim Cuddy	....	vocals
Steven Donald	....	musician: trombone (as Steve Donald)
Niv Fichman	....	musician: tuba
Kevin Fox	....	musician: cello
Larry Good	....	musician: banjo
Karen Graves	....	musician: violin
Greg Keelor	....	musician: guitar, tamborine, Fender 6
Greg Keelor	....	vocals
Amy Laing	....	musician: cello
Dominique Laplante	....	musician: violin
Anne Lindsay	....	musician: violin
Johann Lotter	....	musician: viola
Peter Lutek	....	musician: clarinet, contralto clarinet and bassoon
Jayne Maddison	....	musician: violin (as Jayne Madison)
James McDonald	....	musician: French horn (as James MacDonald)
Dianne Montgomery	....	vocals
Miranda Mulholland	....	musician: violin
Darryl Neudorf	....	engineer
Joe Phillips	....	musician: double bass
Jenny Thompson	....	musician: violin
Claudio Vena	....	musician: viola

Transportation Department
Rob Allen	....	driver: hair/make-up/wardrobe
Ken Atherton	....	driver: shuttle (as Kenneth Atherton)
Bob Chase	....	driver: cable truck
Jim Farara	....	driver: honeywagon (as Jimmy Farara)
Ian Fong	....	driver: Vancouver
Darryl Martin	....	transportation captain (as Daryl Martin)
Steve Martin	....	transportation coordinator
Ted Massey	....	transportation co-captain
Steph Schwan	....	driver: construction
Duane Shearer	....	driver: Vancouver to Osoyoos (as Bing Shearer)
Jeff Wakahara	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Emily Alden	....	production coordinator
Marshall Axani	....	office assistant: Brightlight Pictures
Tina Baird	....	publicist
Dennis Barre	....	security
Chris Bell	....	business affairs coordinator: Rhombus Media
Bannister Bergen	....	creative executive: Brightlight Pictures
T.J. Bews	....	animal wrangler (as TJ Bewes)
Vitomir Bogdanovic	....	assistant location manager (as Mike Bogdanovic)
Denise Bonney	....	paralegal: Brightlight Pictures
Sandie Bornstein	....	accountant: Rhombus Media
James Brown	....	assistant: Mr. Phillips
Cameron Caskie	....	chef: Kitchen Wisdom
Darlene Choo	....	assistant: Ms. Edwards, Brightlight Pictures
Neal Clarance	....	chartered accountant: Ernst & Young
Lyvia Cohen	....	assistant: Ms. Edwards, Brightlight Pictures
Sarah Crawford	....	post-production accounting: Brightlight Pictures
Mary-Ellen Dale	....	payroll (as Mary Ellen Dale)
Anthony Dell'Orto	....	assistant chef: Kitchen Wisdom (as Anthony Del Orto)
John Duncan	....	legal services (2010)
Karyn Edwards	....	production counsel (as Karyn A. Edwards)
Claude Forest	....	insurance provider: Multimedia Risk
Marc Fredette	....	assistant: Mr. Williamson, Brightlight Pictures
Mike Garthwaite	....	animal wrangler
Ava Gisler	....	animal wrangler
Meghan Goodfellow	....	office coordinator: Rhombus Media
Kerry Hansen	....	horse wrangler
Jay Harada	....	titles
Graham Hill	....	chef: Kitchen Wisdom
Krista Johnston	....	clearances
Kurt Miles Joudrey	....	key production assistant (as Kurt Joudrey)
Paul King	....	assistant chef: Kitchen Wisdom
Kevin Krikst	....	executive assistant: Mr. Fichman
Dave Leader	....	animal wrangler
Elizabeth Levine	....	creative executive: Brightlight Pictures (as Liz Levine)
Michael Lien	....	assistant production coordinator
Marilyn Liu	....	financial controller
Margo MacPherson	....	executive assistant: Mr. Williamson
Jessie McAllan	....	director of operations: Brightlight Pictures
Hugh McClelland	....	publicist
Brett McCord	....	trainee assistant location manager
Nancy Joy McDonald	....	script supervisor (as Nancy McDonald)
Troy McLaughlin	....	choreographer
Susan McLellan	....	stand-in
Rico Mielnicki	....	location manager
Robert Musnicki	....	stand-in
Sara Quine	....	office assistant: Brightlight Pictures
Clint Savary	....	law clerk: Rhombus Media
Quentin Schneider	....	animal wrangler
Andrew Maurice Smith	....	location production assistant
Lee Sollenberger	....	hats designer
Dominic Stubbs	....	financial controller
Darla Svenden	....	tutor
Stephanie Swedlove	....	executive assistant: Mr. Hegyes
Karen Tony	....	production accountant
Shelby Tony	....	accounts payable
Dory Vanderkuip	....	craft service
Dory Vanderkuip	....	first aid
Danny Virtue	....	animal wrangler
Karla Wanner	....	second assistant production coordinator
Austin Wong	....	production counsel
Lorraine Au Yeong	....	corporate accountant: Brightlight Pictures
Jennifer Zechmeister	....	assistant: Mr. Hegyes, Brightlight Pictures
Joel Sturrock	....	assistant choreographer (uncredited)

Thanks
Semi Chellas	....	special thanks
Ace Elkink	....	special thanks: Elkink Ranch
Morris Gluck	....	special thanks
Hemshaw	....	dedicated to: who galloped valiantly in the service of the film
David Hewlett	....	special thanks
Jasway	....	dedicated to: who galloped valiantly in the service of the film
James Kee	....	special thanks
Scott Kennedy	....	special thanks
David W.G. MacKenzie	....	very special thanks (as David W.G. Mackenzie)
Andrew Miller	....	special thanks
Kana Natali	....	special thanks
Vincenzo Natali	....	special thanks (as Vincenzo)
Charles K. Pitts	....	special thanks
Eden Riegel	....	special thanks
Jim Sternberg	....	special thanks
Aidan Williamson	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Alliance Films (presents)
• Rhombus Media (producer)
• Brightlight Pictures (producer)
• Téléfilm Canada (produced with the participation of) (as Telefilm Canada)
• Corus Entertainment (produced with the participation of)
• Astral Media (produced with the participation of)
• Harold Greenberg Fund, The (produced with the participation of) (as Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund Le Fonds Harold Greenberg)
• Gunless Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• A1 Pictures (2009) (UK) (video)
• A1 Pictures (2012) (UK) (all media)
• AAA (2009) (France) (all media)
• Alliance Films (2010) (Canada) (all media)
• Eagle Films (2009) (Lebanon) (all media)
• Eagle Films (2010) (Middle East) (all media)
• Macron (2009) (Russia) (TV)
• Media Max (2009) (Turkey) (TV)
• Pinnacle Films (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Star TV (2010) (worldwide) (TV)
• Universal Full Band Media (2009) (China) (TV)

Special Effects

• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (visual effects)

Other Companies

• BC Provincial Parks  special thanks to (as BC Parks)
• Background, The  walla group
• Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)  acknowledgment
• Destination Osoyoos  special thanks to
• Duncan Morin Barristers & Solicitors  legal services
• Elkink Ranch  special thanks to
• Entertainment Partners Canada  payroll services provided by
• Ernst & Young  chartered accountants
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantee provided by
• Fujifilm Canada  filmed with (as Fujifilm Stock)
• HSBC Bank Canada  interim financing provided by
• Kitchen Wisdom  catering
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  closed captions
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  combined dialogue, continuity & spotting list
• Multimedia Risk Consultants and Insurance Brokers  insurance provided by (as Multimedia Risk)
• PS Production Services  production equipment provided by
• Parks Canada  special thanks to: Fort Langley National Site Of Canada
• Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC  acknowledgment
• Research House Clearance Services, The  research services provided by
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)  used with permission of: the mark of the Northwest Mounted Police (as the Intellectual Property Office of the RCMP)
• Tattersall Sound  audio post production (as Tattersall Sound & Picture)
• Tattersall Sound  avid rental
• Tattersall Sound  post-production facilities
• Technicolor Creative Services  audio post production
• Technicolor Creative Services  digital intermediate by (as Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver)
• Woodshed, The  score recorded at: Toronto

Also Known As:

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Fort Langley National Historic Site, Fort Langley, Langley Township, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Alliance Films

Trivia:

The Montana Kid mocks the RCMP numerous times throughout the film. This is ironic, considering Paul Gross (who plays the Montana Kid) was famous for playing Benton Fraser, the RCMP officer on "Due South" (1994).

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The uniforms worn by the NWMP are wrong. During the fight at the post Corporal Jonathan Kent, who shouldn't be wearing an officer's sword, is dressing down a crowd which includes Sergeants.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Montana Kid:[hanging upside down from his horse] Do you, uh, speaky English?
Adell Kwon:[hands on hips] Do you?

Movie Connections:

References Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Soundtrack:

Don't Let The Darkness In Your Head

Thumbs up to this pleasant, funny, time-period comedy

It felt just so good to be watching this pleasant non-political, no-gore, light-hearted comedy. I for one would definitely pay to watch more of such movies. This really is the definition of good clean fun. I loved the story-idea, the various little sub-plots (especially Jack, the Blacksmith one), and the acting of all the characters was pretty competent. Sure, it had an amateurish feel to it from time to time, but that didn't take away from the fun of watching the movie. My only complaint are that the villain could have been a little more menacing and/or a little more funny - he ended up being neither. My only serious complaint is the hairdo the protagonist sports - that was a disaster!